ABSTRACT
The study of the natural sciences hitherto relegated to the “modern side” is rapidly being included in the curriculum of every liberal education. The study of the natural sciences abroad has become so popular that there is scarcely any educational center that cannot boast of some magnificent addition to its public buildings for scientific instruction within the last decade. The lecture-room should always have a preparation-room adjoining the professor’s end of the room, so that the preparation of examples and apparatus may be close at hand, and may be passed through the door, or the large glazed draught-closet immediately behind him, about 6 feet wide, 4 feet 6 inches high, 3 feet from the floor and 3 feet deep, the sashes provided being on each side of the closet.
